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The popular battle royale video game is now available everywhere, except Australia.
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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for May 20.
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CNET Editor at Large Andrew Lanxon leads an expert roundtable discussion on the brand-new Android XR intelligent eyewear revealed at Google I/O 2026.
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Commentary: Forget "Ask YouTube." Google should prioritize the AI work it's doing in science.
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 Google today said that its first "intelligent eyewear" product is set to launch this fall. It is teaming up with Samsung and eyewear manufacturers Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to launch new AI audio glasses.
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Google's annual developer conference kicked off with a keynote Tuesday. We'll be bringing you updates throughout the conference.
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A jury's rejection of Elon Musk's $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI was a major hurdle crossed. But the maker of ChatGPT faces a list of other problems.
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A smart scale provides various metrics right from your bathroom.
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Google has a lot to prove, but its smart glasses will have a few big advantages.
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Fortnite is returning to the App Store everywhere (except Australia).
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 Google held its annual Google I/O event today, launching new AI products and giving us a look at what's coming in the near future. Google I/O is Google's equivalent of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and Google's announcements offer insight into what Apple is going to be competing with in the coming months.
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The two models were created in partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster.
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China's humanoid robot ID plan shows how the country is preparing for mass deployment, accountability, safety risks, and wider real-world use.
The post China Wants Humanoid Robots to Carry IDs as Mass Production Nears appeared first on eWEEK.
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 Ray-Ban has kicked off a major discount across numerous retailers this week, taking 15 percent off the second generation Meta smart glasses, and 25 percent off the first generation. We're tracking these deals at Amazon and Best Buy below, and they are set to last through May 26.
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Southwest banned human-like and animal-like robots from cabins and checked baggage after viral flights raised concerns about lithium-ion battery safety.
The post Southwest Bans Humanoid Robots After Viral Passenger Flights appeared first on eWEEK.
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 Apple allegedly wants to switch away from aluminum for future iPhones, with two materials being considered for their greater balance between weight and heat dissipation.
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CNET Editor at Large Andrew Lanxon hosts a panel discussion about the latest generative AI demos we saw at Google I/O 2026. Who is this for and why does Google think it's so important?
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Apple is targeting World Cup fans ahead of this summer's tournament.
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Google Docs Live, Ask YouTube and Project Aura made the top of my list.
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Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for May 20, No. 1,796.
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NEW RESOURCES Irish Cycle: New RSA map praised as "vital tool" which "represents so many tragic events". "The map … includes fatal, serious and minor injury collisions on public roads between 2016 […]
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Multimodal Gemini, including voice input, and Google's new autonomous AI assistant, will arrive on MacOS over the coming months.
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Screencastify for Chrome will record all your screen activity including audio making it perfect for YouTube tutorials, presentations and more. Screencastify for Chrome's videos are all recorded as WebM/vp8 files with Ogg Vorbis audio, and it includes multiple one-click save options including saving to disk, uploading to Youtube or straight to Google Drive. [License: | Requires:
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Spurs can seal its survival with a win away at its London rivals.
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Gemini can search for an invisible watermark on AI-generated images, videos and audio -- including OpenAI content, under a new partnership.
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The grocery store coffee aisle gets a bad rap. As a former barista, I'm here to tell you some of it is genuinely great if you know what to reach for.
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 In his new role as Chief Hardware Officer, Apple's longtime chipmaking chief Johny Srouji has reorganized the company's hardware development leadership "to speed up work on future devices," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
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NEW RESOURCES NiemanLab: Here's a new database for local news research, from Syracuse University and Rebuild Local News . "Syracuse University and Rebuild Local News teamed up last fall to build a […]
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Social media platforms that don't remove nonconsensual videos or photos may face enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission.
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Commentary: Just as AI Overviews are starving digital publishers of search traffic, AI-driven YouTube features will likely trigger a drop-off in video creation.
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 Media platform Plex today said that it is increasing the price of its Lifetime Plex Pass option to $750, which is a $500 increase from the current $250 price tag.
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A bipartisan bill would ask electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid drivers to pay annual fees because they don't pay gas taxes.
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Starlink says the price increases will support ongoing improvements to its network.
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Meta told employees last month that it would carry out mass layoffs on May 20, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.
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The OS update integrates Gemini Intelligence and adds a new widget system.
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Another Google I/O 2026 announcement: A new AI running in the background to handle scheduling, emails and more.
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On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can.
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Using a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box dimensions to answer longer queries, adding a video-generation tool and simplifying online shopping.
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Pope Leo XIV will present his AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah expected at the Vatican event.
The post Pope Leo XIV's First AI Encyclical Will Feature Anthropic Co-Founder appeared first on eWEEK.
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Despite its early stumbles, Google's Gemini has leapfrogged ChatGPT in relevance and usefulness. Soon, it will be ubiquitous.
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You can kiss the classic Google Search goodbye.
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Google didn't forget AI creators in its latest round of Gemini announcements.
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Plex's premium plan will triple on June 30, 8:01PM ET.
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The new laptops are geared towards corporate buyers, with a price to match.
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Malwarebytes Browser Guard for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge is a free extension designed to bring the protection of Malwarebytes direct to your browser. It is designed to provide you with a safe and fast browsing experience blocking malicious websites while filtering out unwanted content potentially giving you webpage load times up to 3x faster. [License: | Requires:
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 It's fairly easy for people to learn from other people - we've been doing it for around 300,000 years - because we can observe, copy, and modify what they're doing. It's less easy for us to learn from other animals that way, because the less our cognition and bodies are alike, the harder it is to copy and modify what they do. Learning about plants, fungi, protozoa, and bacteria is easy e
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Concerns over lithium-ion batteries — not the bots' personalities — keeps them off Southwest flights.
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 In preparation for the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference that is set to begin on June 8, Apple today announced its finalists for the 2026 Apple Design Awards. Apple picks top apps and games annually, and announces winners at WWDC.
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The company is transferring workers to four new organizations building AI tools and apps, according to NYT and Reuters.
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Todoist for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, and Android is an efficient means for organizing your work and personal life. Todoist is capable of adding your frequently visited websites as tasks like adding a blog post to your reading list or saving an item to your wishlist. Simply put, you will be able to do and organize more with Todoist. [License: | Requires:
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AI stories were taking over this newsletter which I found irritating. I have moved the minor ones to a separate newsletter that will publish every time I have 12 items, probably daily […]
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 OpenAI today launched Daybreak, an answer to Anthropic's Project Glasswing initiative and Mythos AI model. Like Glasswing, Daybreak is a cyber defense effort that will help tech companies find security vulnerabilities in their platforms.
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Hundreds of court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Musk, Sam Altman, other OpenAI founders and other public figures.
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However, experts—including former Microsoft employee David Plummer—recommend taking a further step: grab the Windows 10 ISO file before Microsoft removes it from the website.
What's a Windows 10 ISO file? And why do I need to download it?
An ISO file contains all the data, files, folders, and structures of a particular program. It's usually kept on hand for archiving purposes. It's essentially the digital equivalent of what you'd get if you bought a software CD, for example, Windows 10.
You can use the Windows 10 ISO file to completely reinstall Windows 10 if problems arise on your current system. If you burn the ISO file to a bootable CD or drive, you can use it at any time to run Windows.
If you think you'll ever want to run or install Windows 10 again, it's a good idea to download the Windows 10 ISO file ASAP. We don't know how much longer it'll be made available by Microsoft.
How to download the Windows 10 ISO file
There are two ways to obtain the Windows 10 ISO: either via Microsoft's download page or via the Media Creation Tool.
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Some devices force you to choose between power and flexibility. The Surface Book 3 says, why not both? This like-new 2020 model is a triple threat — a high-performance laptop, a creative studio, and a lightweight tablet — all in one seriously premium design.
Inside, it's packing a 10th Gen Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU, 32GB RAM, and 512GB SSD, so whether you're editing 4K videos, working on design projects, gaming on the go, or just juggling 37 browser tabs, this machine keeps up without breaking a proverbial sweat.
And with three distinct modes, it adapts to whatever you throw at it:
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Also known as NextGen TV, the new broadcast standard promised to revolutionize free over-the-air TV with features like 4K HDR video, time-shifting, on-demand viewing, and interactive programming. For cord-cutters who get free local channels with an antenna, this was a genuinely exciting technology when it began rolling out way back in 2019.
Six years later, that excitement has evaporated thanks to restrictive digital rights management (DRM) and high adoption costs. While the broadcast TV industry has failed to make ATSC 3.0 stick, they've succeeded in getting tech enthusiasts, consumer advocates, and even some individual broadcasters to fear and despise it.
Now, broadcasters are hoping for a bailout from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which announced this week that it will consider their wishes to wind down the existing ATSC 1.0 standard and mandate ATSC 3.0 adoption. If that happens, most antenna users will need a new TV or tuner box by 2030 at the latest. Having failed in the marketplace, broadcasters now want the government to help foist ATSC 3.0 upon people instead.
Sadly, it didn't have to be this way.
What's happening with ATSC 3.0?
NextGen TV broadcasts are available in more than 90 U.S. markets, covering 70 percent of the population, but accessing these broadcasts requires an ATSC 3.0 tuner, and most TVs don't have one.
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